WorksheetsProgressive Era Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
The Federal Reserve System, created in 1913, extended government control over the banking system by
issuing housing and consumer loans
regulating interest rates and the money supply
ending private ownership of banks
banning loans for stock market purchases
The Meat Inspection Act (1906), the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), and the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) were similar in that each
increased government regulation of business
lowered tariffs on imported goods
decreased federal taxes on personal income
What was the major goal of the political reforms enacted during the Progressive Era (1900-1920)?
expanding citizen participation in government
lowering the legal voting age
discouraging the formation of new political parties
providing public funding of campaigns
Historians would most often use Upton Sinclair's The Jungle to study the
Reconstruction Era
suffrage movement
Progressive movement
civil rights era
Upton Sinclair wrote a letter to President Theodore Roosevelt to inform the president about
excessive federal regulation of meatpacking plants
unhealthy practices in the meatpacking plants
raising wages for meatpacking workers
state laws regulating the meatpacking industry
"Income Tax Amendment Passes" "Congress Enacts Federal Reserve Act" "Pure Food and Drug Act Passed by Congress" Which reform movement supported the actions described by these headlines?
Progressive
Prohibition
labor
conservation
The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 to
balance the budget
control the money supply
insure savings account deposits
regulate the stock market
Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal and Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom shared the goal of
achieving equal rights for minority groups
protecting the interests of big business
strengthening federal regulatory power over large corporations
continuing laissez-faire policies
In the early 20th century, muckraking authors Upton Sinclair and Ida Tarbell primarily criticized the federal government for
wasting money on foreign wars
ignoring abuses committed by big business
excessive regulation of the steel industry
overspending on social welfare programs
Pure Food and Drug Act passed. Graduated income tax established. Federal Reserve System created. These events occurred during which historic period?
Reconstruction
Progressive Era
Roaring Twenties
Cold War
Which legislation resulted from the publication of Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle?
Hepburn Act
Dawes Act
Meat Inspection Act
Interstate Commerce Act
W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington strongly disagreed over the
need for passage of the 14th amendment to acquire civil rights
benefits of the Harlem Renaissance
method and speed for attaining equal rights for African Americans
The purpose of the initiative, referendum, and recall was to
eliminate the two-party system
limit participation in state elections
increase citizen influence in government
strengthen the power of political machines
President Theodore Roosevelt earned a reputation as a trustbuster because he
favored the conservation of natural resources
used court actions to break up business monopolies
sided with labor unions against big business
opposed the efforts of consumer advocates
In the United States, third parties have been influential because they have often
outspent their political opponents
provided the presidential candidate of the major parties
suggested reforms later adopted by the two major parties
elected majorities in both Congress and state legislatures
Progressivism was an early 20th-century movement that promoted
limited war to spread social justice to other countries
increased immigration to diversify the nation's population
colonialism to increase United States power throughout the world
government actions to correct political, economic, and social problems
What was a goal of Progressive Era reforms such as recall, referendum, and the direct primary?
supporting third-party candidates
increasing citizens' control of their government
establishing term limits for congressmen
reducing campaign spending
Which action by the federal government would Progressive reformers be most likely to support?
regulating business practices to protect consumers and workers
ending federal regulation of the banking system
passing high tariffs to protect domestic industries from foreign competition
authorizing tax breaks for large corporations
Overcrowding
High crime rate
Poor sanitation
In the early 1900s, these problems were most directly a result of
muckrakers' influence
conservation programs
westward migration
rapid urbanization
President Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he
directed the building of the Panama Canal
encouraged conservation of natural resources
supported legal action against business monopolies
resigned from the Republican Party
One way in which the Federal Trade Commission (1914) and the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) are similar is that both
helped to end child labor in factories
attempted to correct abusive business practices
advanced laissez-faire economic principles
increased wages for factory workers
Which development was a result of the Progressive movement?
Government increased its regulation of business practices
Women become less active in public life
The influence of the national government was reduced
Congress failed to balance the federal budget
The term muckraker was used during the Progressive Era to describe
dissatisfied workers who went on strike
Northerners who went South following the Civil War
investigative journalists who exposed societal problems
women who supported the Prohibition movement
The term muckraker was used in the early 1900s to describe writers who
supported limits on government regulation
exposed abuses in American society
wanted the United States to ban all immigration
